punta

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(=extremo)
[+de dedo, lengua, pincel]tip
[+de ciudad]side
[+de mesa]end
[+de pañuelo]cornerla punta de los dedosthe fingertips, the tips of one's fingerscolocad la punta del pie hacia arribapoint your toes upwardsvivimos en la otra punta de Barcelonawe live on the other side of Barcelonase sentó en la otra punta de la mesashe sat at the other end of the table→ de punta a cabo o de punta a puntafrom one end to the othernos recorrimos la ciudad de punta a puntawe went from one end of the city to the otherme leí el periódico de punta a caboI read the paper from cover to coverMODISMOS la punta del icebergthe tip of the icebergMODISMOS tener algo en la punta de la lenguato have sth on the tip of one's tongue

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(=extremo puntiagudo)
[+de cuchillo, tijeras, lápiz]point
[+de flecha]tipun rotulador de punta finaa felt-tip pen with a fine pointun cuchillo con puntaa pointed knifeuna estrella de cinco puntasa five-pointed star→ de puntatenía todo el pelo de puntaher hair was all on endlas tijeras le cayeron de punta en el piethe scissors fell point down o point first on his footunos zapatos de puntaa pair of pointed shoes→ acabado en puntapointed→ a punta de navajaat knife point→ a punta de pistolaat gunpoint→ sacar punta a[+lápiz]to sharpen(Esp)[+comentario, opinión]to twistle saca punta a todo lo que digoshe twists everything I sayMODISMOS a punta de(LAm)*salió adelante a punta de esfuerzohe got ahead by sheer effort o by dint of hard workva a entender a punta de patadashe has to have sense beaten into himvive a punta de remedioshe lives on medicinesMODISMOS estar de punta
[persona]to be irritableestar de punta con algnto be annoyed with sbponerse de punta con algnto fall out with sbMODISMOS ir de punta en blancoto be all dressed up, be dressed up to the ninesMODISMOS ponerse de punta en blancoto get all dressed upMODISMOS poner a algn los pelos o el vello de puntato make sb's hair stand on endse me ponen los pelos de punta de pensar en el miedo que pasamosmy hair stands on end when I think of how scared we wereesas imágenes me pusieron el vello de puntathose images were really spine-chilling, those images made my hair stand on endMODISMOS estar hasta la punta de los pelos con o de algn*to be fed up to the back teeth with sb *MODISMOS a punta (de) pala(Esp)*había gente a punta palathere were loads of people *tienen dinero a punta palathey're loaded *, they've got loads of money *♦
punta de diamante
(=cortador)diamond glass cutter
(=diseño)diamond pointcristal tallado a punta de diamantediamond-cut glass♦
punta de lanzaspearheadson la punta de lanza de nuestra ofensiva comercialthey are spearheading our marketing campaign→
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(=cantidad pequeña)(lit)bit(fig)touchuna puntita de sala pinch of salttiene sus puntas de filósofothere's a touch of the philosopher about himtiene una punta de locohe has a streak of madness